Frank Bridge

Par BRIDGE FRANK. Bridge's major piano work, reissued in 1980 with an introduction by John Bishop, is a masterpiece of the 20th century./ Répertoire / Piano

A suite of four character pieces for the solo Piano by Frank Bridge written in autumn 1925 in response to a five-week visit to the Alps and the Mediterranean coast. The pieces represent Bridge at a time of personal security and happiness displaying the full force of his musical personality. Suitable for the accomplished Piano soloist. Published in association with The Frank Bridge Trust.

A fabulous Piano composition by Frank Bridge edited and completed by Paul Hindmarsh from the uncatalogued pages of sketches in the Frank Bridge Collection at London's Royal College of Music. This is a somewhat challenging suite especially when compared to other works of Bridge.

The holograph of Gargoyle Bridge's last piano work and one of his most adventurous is part of a large collection of his manuscripts housed in the Parry Room Library of the Royal College of Music.

An early yet significant work and true to its name it is a dramatic fantastical piece the first in a style that Frank Bridge explored later enjoying the freedom it allowed. This first of his phantasy pieces was finished in January 1906 and is for Solo Piano.

Selected Music For Solo Piano is a vast collection of pieces by English composer and violinist Frank Bridge.Bridge is mostly remembered for privately tutoring Benjamin Britten who later championed his teacher's music and paid homage to him in the Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge.